The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 2050
Waning Crescent
36.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
1:43 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1573
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 227.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.20° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / -4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.92° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.